Railway-tie.



No. 747,668. EATENTED DBU. 22,1903.l

A1. M. WARNER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7. 1903.

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Patented December 22, 1903.

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ISAAC M. WARNR, OF UNION CITY, MIOIIIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, l ANI) JOSEPH W. M CCAUSEY, LEO S. PARSONS, ADDISON J. BOYER, AND f WILLIAM ODEIT IIUGIIAR'I, JR., OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECXFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,668, dated December 22, v1901?.

Application filed October '7, 1903.

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l lie-it known that I, ISAAC M. WARNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union City, in the county of Branch and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railwayffies, of which he following is a specification.

This invention relates torailread-ties, and is embodied in the construction hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which'- Figure l is a perspective view of the channel-bar body of the tie and rail-seats. I Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line II II of Fig. l. Figs. 3 and '3" are longitudinal sections through the rail-seats in the tie, showing the rail and clamping-pieces in cross-section and Iwo forms of rail-seat. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the clamping-pieces.

The main body ofthe tie is formed of a channel-bar A, preferably rolled inthe usual stock form, or it may, if preferred, have the rail-seats rolled integral therewith. The base of the bar, as shown in the section, may be checked or otherwise ronghened or may be It is also preferably suitably perforated lo permit the escape of water. The flanges a of this channel are then cnt away at points l) for the reception of the T-rail. ll'represeuts the rail-seats, secured in the channel or made integral therewith, as before staiednaud located between the cntaway portions b of Athe flanges. These blocks or seats B are slightly less in height than the portions of the npturned Haugen left beneath the rests t for the reception of the rail. On the top of the blocks or seats B are loosely placed shims, preferably of hard wood,whicb are on f account or the greater height of the flanges prevented from escaping transversely of the tie and by the clamping means are hel/d against movement in a direction at rightani gles thereto.

The rails C are placed within the grooves b of the tie and are secured lo the seats B by .clamping devices constructed, proget-ably, as

\ follows: At D D are angie-plates, each having one flange adapted to rest against the vertical sides of the seats B and the ether side -adapted to pase over the-base of the rail, se-

to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Serial No. 176,168. lNo model.)

curing the latter in place. These angle-plates D have flanges of unequal thicknesses shown, the thickening ot' the vertical side thereof not extending its entire length, but being equal to the diameterof the bolts E, used for securing the angle-plates and rails in position, so as to leave a recess for the passage of the vertical portion oi' the bolt. These bolts E are threaded at'opposite ends and bent at right angles Ynear their centers, so'as to have tal portion f and vertical portion g. The horizontal'portionf passes through horizontal aperture in the rail-seat B and thence through a notch in the vertical flange of the angle-plate D on the opposite side of the railseal. The verticalportion got` the bolt passes' through apertureg in the horizontal railclamping portion of the angle-plate located onits own side on the rail-seat. A pair of these plates D and bolts E are reversely arranged on opposite sides of the rail-seats, so that each clamping-plate is secured by one vertical and one horizontal portion of the bolts.

In case o1 displacement of the ties by frost or the like it will be seen that the clamping plates and bolts may be readily removed and a shim of greater or less thickness, as the case may require, placed beneath the rail.

The whole structure will be seen o embody en exceedingly simple, secure, and durable support and fastening for the rail.

What I claim as my invention, and desire l. A lrailway-tie comprising a -channel-bar having a portion of each of its flanges cnt away to receive the rails, rail-seats between the ontaway portions of the ilanges and of loss height than the flange portion beneath the notches, and means for securing the rail. to said rail-seats. i

2. A railway-tie comprising a channel-bar having its side flanges cut away at `suitable points to receive the rail-bases, rail-seats of less height than the flange width beneath the cutaway portion, and angle-plates and bolts adapted to secu re said rail-bases to said seats.

3. In a railway-tie, in combination, a channel-bar having portions of its flanges cnt away me;

when placed in position in thetie a horizontoreceive the fair-bases, rail-seats between the flanges opposite said cnt-away portions aud'bf less height than the flange portion benel-bar between the cut-away portions and of less height than the flange portion beneath the notches, angle-plates adapted to bear on each side of said rail-seats and embrace the rail-bases, and reversely-arranged, right-angled clampingbolts passing horizontally thickened for a portion of its length, said through said rail-seats for securing saidvan-A gie-plates to the rail bases and seats.

5. A railway-tie comprising a channel-bar having a roughened hase and notched side flanges adapted to receive the rail-base, railseats between'the rail-receiving .notches and of less height than Harige portion beneath the notches, shims onaid rail-seats and retained by said flanges, angle-plates having one limb plates adapted to embrace the rail-base, and

reversely-arranged, right-angled clampingbolts passing through said seat and said angie-plates to secure the rail-base, to said seat.

6. In a channel-bar railway-'tie having a roughened and perforated base, and side flanges notched to receive the rail-bases, railseats, between the flange-notches and of less height than the bottom of said notches, shims adapted to said railseats and retained thereon by the uncut portions of the tie-flanges, angle-plates having one limb thicker than the other'for more than half their length and suitably recessed to receive the fastenings, and reversely-arranged, right-angled clamping-bolts for securing the parts, whereby each angle-palate is held by one vertical and one horizontal fastening, substantially as described? In'witnesswhereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC M.V WARNER. VViitnesses: Y v r Gao." STYLES, l CLARA H. P en. 

